[ISN] Brazil police bust gang of Internet hackers

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Date: Thu Nov 06 2003 - 01:24:35 PST

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    REUTERS
    NOVEMBER 06, 2003
     
    BRASILIA : Brazilian police arrested 18 Internet hackers on Wednesday
    in a massive operation to dismantle a gang operating across four
    northern states, authorities said.
    
    The operation, dubbed "Trojan Horse" and involving 205 officers,
    targetted a gang that stole more than $10 million last year by
    breaking into banks and clients computers, federal police said in a
    statement.
    
    Police said the gang had created Internet sites and programs capable
    of uncovering the passwords of clients who transferred money on the
    Web.
    
    Once the gang obtained the passwords, funds were stolen electronically
    from accounts and transferred to other bank accounts held in the names
    of third persons.
    
    Armed with 33 search warrants, federal police descended on the gang
    early on Wednesday, spanning from Para state in the Amazon to the
    central state of Goias.
    
    Brazil is seen as a country with large and growing activity by
    Internet hackers, partly helped by vague legislation on the crime in
    Brazil.
     
     
    
    
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